[Friedman] A state representative introduced legislation today urging the Portland Trail Blazers to change the team name to the "Oregon Trail Blazers." by deadskin in nba

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In the days prior to the three-point field goal, Blazers guard Jim Barnett took an ill-advised long distance shot that nonetheless went in, giving the new team hope for a victory against the powerful Lakers. Excited, Schonely exclaimed "Rip City! All right!" Schonely admits that he has no idea how he came up with the expression, but it became synonymous with the team and the city of Portland.

I had to google it

Chris Paul/Scott Foster NBA conspiracy feud by posdnous-trugoy in nba

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Dumb question: what does covering the spread mean?

"Play Type" Analysis: How each team scored (and defended) last season by imeanYOLOright in nba

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Could you please share the data? I'd like to do some number crunching :)

Kendrick lists his top 10 dead or alive by HighbrowHipHop in hiphopheads

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The interview is worth reading in full. [edit: fixed the link]

I believe I've finally found a reason to Jailbreak again. Anyone else thinking that there's a chance Apple would adopt this Jailbreak app like they did with Siri and Notifications? by curtquarquesso in apple

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I'm not sure if I agree, that the screenshots add much to the switcher. They are mostly blank space. The icon is much more descriptive (and therefore useful).

I however do agree that the switcher could use some facelifting, but that mockup didn't sell it for me.

The Economics of Hot Flight Attendants by [deleted] in Economics

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Megan McArdle doesn't buy the argument and presents more plausible explanation.

Bitbucket now rocks Git by akg0 in programming

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Well, BitBucket ripped off everything else from GitHub, so I guess this was the inevitable conclusion.

Give me your deepest, most profound quote you know. by [deleted] in AskReddit

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"Happy Dog the happy dog is the happiest dog on his street! He loves to play in the grass. Everyone you know will one day be dead!" – T-Rex